Front page tease to "Finding Their Way Out" package in York Daily Record.

For most of my career, I’d need to wait until Sunday to read and write about a big newspaper enterprise project. But I read the York Daily Record and Sunday News’ “Finding Their Way Out” on Friday afternoon.

It’s an outstanding package by reporter Bill Landauer and photojournalist Jason Plotkin, designed by Samantha K. Dellinger. They examine the lasting impact of a local act of school violence. It underscores some old-school principles of journalism:

Reporters and photojournalists need to knock on some doors and develop good relationships to get many of the best stories.

Reporters and photojournalists should work together on big stories.

Editors should give reporters and photojournalists time to work on major enterprise stories.

Professional journalists bring genuine value to their best work.

The project also underscores some principles of digital journalism:

Digital journalism is first and foremost about doing good journalism.

We no longer wait until Sunday (when web traffic is slow) to publish our best work. Publishing the story online Friday and in print Sunday fits our company’s Digital First approach.

We build on strong reporting and photojournalism with strong interactive elements.